On the Waterfront (1954)
"The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!"
Critics Score
🎬 95%
(RT: 99%, MC: 91) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Is On the Waterfront good?
Most people think so. 73% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics rated it higher at 95%, but audiences were less impressed.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks. Wikipedia ↗
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